Healthy Cookie Dough Protein Bars (with Video!)

I’ve always been pretty good about sitting down and setting goals for the new year, but this year is a bit different. This year has involved a lot more “adulting” than usual — I bought a car, got my own health insurance, and am getting ready to apply for a mortgage (eek) — and haven’t had as much time to set aside for myself OR my business. I’m currently sitting in an airport in Wisconsin and will have to sit here for the next 8 hours (yay). What better time to think about 2019 goals, right?? Buuuuut I’m procrastinating and would rather help YOU with your health goals.

What do you hope to get out of 2019?

Eat better? Consume less sugar? Exercise more? Gain muscle?

I could go for all of the above.

Once I get back to Austin I’m gonna whip up 5 batches of protein bars. This way I can have a batch (10 bars) in the fridge and 40+ bars in the freezer all set and read to go for breakfasts, grab and go snacks, and sweet nighttime treats.

These Healthy Cookie Dough Protein Bars are the perfect snack for when you’re craving something sweet and chocolatey, but don’t want the excess calories, sugar, and fat that would be in regular cookie dough.

Made with only 7 ingredients and NO baking required, these homemade protein bars will be your new go-to snack when you’re running out the door. Buuuut they’re also a good staple to have handy in the fridge when the sweet tooth monster strikes 😉

These are sugar free, gluten free, dairy free, and vegan, with only 190 calories per bar, plus a whopping 17g of protein!

Perfect for the new year and our health goals. So why not celebrate with a giveaway too??

THREE winners will receive a copy of my DIY Protein Bars Cookbook, a tub of protein powder, and a brownie pan to get you started!

I used to eat raw cookie dough by the tub. THE TUB. Like, the 36oz tubs… from Costco. Yeahhh, those tubs. I’ll let that sink in a little while I cringe at myself. I’m really surprised that I’ve never gotten sick with Salmonella…

Now, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t miss turning on a movie and plopping myself down on the couch along with a spoon and a good ol’ tub of cookie dough… so I found a solution: these easy, no-bake Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Protein Bars! It’s like cookie-dough-meets-protein-bar. It’s like heaven.

These Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Protein Bars are sweet, buttery, and delicious — just like the cookie dough you’d buy from the store, only these are healthy!

If you are always busy and the on-the-go type, slice the protein bars and store them in plastic sandwich baggies in the fridge. That way, you can easily grab one (or two!) out of the fridge as you rush out the door. Oh, and these are also freezer-friendly! Let ’em thaw for a few hours at room temp and they’ll be the perfect consistency when hunger strikes.

When I look at my calendar and I know I’m going to be busy and pressed for time, I’ll always make a batch of protein bars. Knowing that healthy snacks are on hand keeps me sane. Especially at the busiest and most stressful times… you know, where all your brain could handle is opening the fridge door and grabbing food that’s already prepped and ready to go? I’ve been there, you’ve been there, we’ve all been there.

When life happens, these Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Protein Bars will have your back 🙂

With flavors like Snickerz, Chocolate-Covered Strawberry, Caramel Macchiato, and S’mores, you’ll never buy protein bars from the store again.

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These Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Protein Bars are soft, fudgy, and chewy with the occasional crunch from the mini chocolate chips. They don’t taste healthy in the slightest. You need to make ’em!

This isn’t limited to just protein bars… you can roll the dough into balls too. Or you can snack on it straight out of the mixing bowl. Just keep it in the fridge, you know, for emergency snacks… emergency snacks that MUST. CONTAIN. CHOOOOCOOLAAATTTEE!!

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Watch me make these Cookie Dough Protein Bars on camera:

Does this look healthy to you? Nah, I didn’t think so 😉

I’d choose these Cookie Dough DIY Protein Bars over a tub of cookie dough, store-bought protein bars, and junk food of any kind, ANY DAY. I’m pretty sure you will too 😉

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Be happy.Live fully.Eat protein bars.

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With love (and healthy dessert),

– Jess

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I’ve tried pea protein powder a few times and it doesn’t work as a replacement for rice protein powder — it absorbs WAY too much liquid! I actually have a recipe in the book using unflavored pea protein, but only one because it was hard to use and seemed to suck up all the flavor. If you wanna try the pea protein though, just be ready to have extra nut butter and almond milk on hand. You may need more sweetener too, depending on whether or not your protein powder is sweetened.

These look SO-O-O good! I can’t wait to try them. They will be my substitute for chocolate chip cookies, which I am powerless to resist when they’re around. Thank you for providing a much healthier option!

I want to try the Cookie Dough protein bars and the Match Green Tea ones. I love Quest Bars but the erythritol bothers my stomach & they are awfully expensive, so these should be a good substitute. Thank you for the recipes from one Melissa to another! =)

Such an exciting & amazing giveaway, thank you!! 😍🤗 I’ve had my eye on this cookbook for a while & have already made the Chocolate Fudge DIY Protein Bars from the pdf download. I’m looking through the table of contents and thinking HOW CAN I CHOOSE which I’d make first? How?!? Lol. But I think I’d go straight to the Fancy Pants section & try out S’mores, Millionaires, Scotcheroos, and Peanut Butta & Jelly.

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